Under Jahangir's order, the Mughal Empire's envoys secretly went to Rajmohar, the command center of the southern Xinjiang Army's front line, with the will of peace, hoping to stabilize the front through negotiations and buy time for the retreat of the main force.
and space. Of course, the more important thing is to prevent the southern Xinjiang army from pursuing the victory and occupying the territory of the Mughal Empire after the army retreats.
In view of this, even though peace envoys have been sent to Rajmohar to negotiate peace, the Mughal army still strengthened its defenses on the border defense line in the Bihar region, preparing to resist possible attacks by the southern Xinjiang army.
A few days later, at the Rajmohar frontline headquarters of the Southern Xinjiang Army, which was actually a temporary requisition of the local county government, Liu Xin and Gao Yuan received news that the Mughal Empire was requesting negotiations. It must be said that this
The news surprised them at first.
According to the consistent style of the Ming Dynasty, a battle must either not be fought, but once it starts, there must be a result. After all, if there is no winner and loser, wouldn’t the military salary spent be in vain? Wouldn’t the soldiers who died in the battle be in vain?
Dead?
In short, the Ming Dynasty almost never had the habit of negotiating with the enemy when the outcome was still uncertain, so when faced with Jahangir's request for peace talks, not to mention the young Gao Yuan, even Liu Xin immediately judged the opponent as a false surrender.
The first moment Liu Xin heard the Mughal envoy saying that he wanted peace talks, he almost subconsciously thought that Jahangir wanted to paralyze our army, and he probably wanted to launch a sneak attack from a more concealed direction.
You may even imitate our military envoys in turn
Using the style of Gao Shizhong's tribe, relying on his Mongol descendants from Central Asia, he concentrated his elite cavalry to attack the rear of Rajmohar. If he was more courageous, he could directly attack Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and completely cut off our army's retreat.
It's not impossible.
When thinking of this, Liu Xin even subconsciously thought of Mansinger who successfully set up a reverse ambush that night and suppressed Gao Siyao for several hours.
Liu Xin frowned deeply and thought secretly, if Jahangir dared to make a big gamble and sent Man Singh to personally lead the main force of the Mughal cavalry to attack Dhaka in a detour, the Southern Xinjiang Army, which was at a serious disadvantage in terms of total strength, would really be in trouble.
Easy to deal with...
Under such circumstances, the senior officials of the Southern Xinjiang Western Expeditionary Army did not receive the Mughal Army envoy immediately, but arranged a residence for him without saltiness, saying that "the envoy came from afar and worked hard, and we will discuss the rest tomorrow."
Then, regardless of the envoy's eagerness and protests, he took him to a relatively clean and tidy mansion - during the war, this was good.
But soon, Liu Xin and Gao Yuan got the intelligence analysis report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that night and figured out the reason why the Mughal Empire suddenly sued for peace.
It turns out that although the rule of the Mughal Empire in northern Tianzhu has been established for nearly a century, some regional governments have always rebelled and fallen, which continued to consume the strength and energy of the empire. This time, it was the biggest headache for the Mughal Empire.
Something happened again in the Kingdom of Mewar.
After the Kingdom of Mewar was conquered by Emperor Akbar decades ago, although it rebelled and surrendered at times, in general, the empire still maintained obvious suppression on it, and its military advantage was also very solid. Although the Mewar people
There would be riots from time to time, but Emperor Akbar could always calm them down quickly and prevent them from causing any serious trouble.
However, the death of Emperor Akbar this time made the people of Mewar suddenly lively - this is how the classical empire was. A great leader can bring many things besides strength, which are usually described as "prestige", "prestige", etc.
Just like the Ming Dynasty in recent years, the countries and tribes around it, if they heard that Gao Pragmatic personally led an army towards them, they would basically be cowardly before fighting. This is prestige.
After the death of Emperor Akbar, the people of Mewar suddenly felt that the mountain pressing on their heads had collapsed, and they quickly started to connect with each other to prepare for a big one. And this time, it was as expected. They got news again that the empire's
As soon as the new Padishah Jahangir ascended the throne, he concentrated his army to conquer Bengal.
So what are you waiting for? Start an incident!
As a result, a "rebellion" suddenly broke out in the Mewar region, and the army quickly expanded from more than 10,000 at the beginning to 30,000, then 60,000... It is said that it is still increasing.
The Mughal Empire deployed too many elite troops for the Eastern Expedition. Although it seems that there are still 40,000 to 50,000 troops in Mewar and nearby areas, in fact, these troops are poorly trained, and their weapons and equipment are relatively backward. Many soldiers even have no armor at all.
You have to go to the front line to fight with a simple spear or even a pitchfork - you are not hunting a witcher, and a pitchfork is obviously not easy to use.
As a result, about half a month ago, the Mewar people defeated the Mughal army in Gangapur, moved westward and surrounded Chittor Fort, the capital of the former Kingdom of Mewar.
Originally, Chittoor Fort was a rather strong fortress-type city. When Emperor Akbar mobilized his army, it took him four months to storm the key point. It stands to reason that although the Mughal army today is fighting in the field,
Although the situation is ugly, if we hold on to the fortress here, it will not collapse.
However, the problem lies in the fact that Emperor Akbar's conquest of this place did not go smoothly. At that time, although the Mewar people were defeated and the city fell, their performance was too strong - all the soldiers died heroically and the women committed suicide.
Therefore, in order to undermine the fighting spirit of the Mewar people, the angry Emperor Akbar not only demolished the city gate and transported the Mother Goddess candlesticks and drums to Agra, but also almost completely demolished the fortress. Later, although the Mughal army also
We needed a place to station ourselves, so we repaired it a little, but it was no longer as solid as it had been before.
Things are turning, and this time it is the Mughal army's turn to guard Chittor Fort. Taking into account various disadvantages such as poor training, low morale, and insufficient troops, the Mughal Empire's garrison in the Mewar area counts several times a day.
Letters asking for help were sent to Patna one after another, asking the supreme Padishah to rescue him quickly. As a result, Jahangir was forced to stop his eastern expedition and prepared to return to Mewar to quell the rebellion.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Now that the truth is revealed, Liu Xin and Gao Yuan suddenly realize it, and finally give up the speculation of "Jahangir's fraud and surprise attack". However, since they know that the other party cannot now
If we don't withdraw our troops, how can we easily let them get what they want? At this time, shouldn't we take the opportunity to counterattack?
However, the situation is not that simple. You must know that although reinforcements are about to arrive, the consumption and sacrifices of the war are also huge. Especially on the night of the deadly battle with Man Singh, although overall the Mughal army suffered greater losses,
As one of the main forces of the Southern Xinjiang Army in this battle, Gao Siyao suffered more than 3,000 injuries, and even more than 1,000 people died in the battle. This has been an extremely serious battle loss for the Southern Xinjiang Army in recent years.
Under this situation, both Liu Xin and Gao Yuan believed that even though it was the critical moment for the Southern Xinjiang Army to expand its results and consolidate its rule in Bangladesh, it was better to make some repairs, firstly, to wait for the wounded soldiers to recover, and secondly,
After the replenishment is in place, the combat effectiveness is restored, and reinforcements arrive, it will not be too late to launch the offensive again.
"You can talk, but it's not a real talk, it's just delaying time." Liu Xin said solemnly, "Also, although our reinforcements are coming soon, we cannot ignore the Mughal army's defense in the Bihar area -
—Although they want to withdraw, they obviously will not give up this area easily."
"Yes, the Bihar region is the 'Longxing Land' for Jahangir. How can we give up easily?" Gao Yuan nodded in agreement: "However, we can still fight for it and see if we can negotiate.
Just strive for the maximum benefit. If you can get enough compensation and other sufficient benefits without going to war, then it is not impossible to reconcile with it.
Of course, we must also be prepared to put greater pressure on the Mughal army on the battlefield, otherwise Jahangir may not give in easily. In short, no matter what the outcome of the negotiations, we must remain proactive."
Gao Yuan's words surprised Liu Xin. She felt that although Gao Yuan's performance was not very good the last time he commanded on the city wall, he was "down" due to unexpected changes on the battlefield.
At that time, Gao Yuan was like "the father is his father" and he had a good grasp of the overall situation.
After thinking about it, Liu Xin felt that this was not bad. After all, Gao Yuan is the prince of Jingguo. There should not be many opportunities to personally command battles in the future, and he does not have high requirements for the ability to make decisions before battle. On the contrary, he can have the ability to grasp the overall situation.
It is the more critical and more "matching" ability. Therefore, Liu Xin immediately expressed support for his words.
The next day, the negotiations officially began. At the negotiation table, the Southern Xinjiang Army unceremoniously proposed a series of harsh conditions, mainly including the following requirements:
The Mughal Empire officially recognized the dominance of the Southern Xinjiang Army in Bengal - of course the official statement is: "The Mughal Empire recognized the independence of the Kingdom of Bengal and recognized all bilateral treaties signed between the Kingdom and the Jinghua Group." The meaning of the second half of the sentence
It was the Mughal Empire that recognized the legality of the Southern Xinjiang Army stationed in the Kingdom of Bangladesh and had no objections. It also recognized the Jinghua Group’s dispatch of a national policy advisory team to actually control the Kingdom of Bangladesh;
The Mughal Empire had to compensate the Southern Xinjiang Army for its losses in the war. To this end, the Southern Xinjiang Army gave a lengthy list. The final compensation amount was extremely exaggerated, and when converted into silver it was as high as 21.64 million taels.
So many - it's really hard for them to calculate such an outrageous number;
The Mughal Empire's troops not only want to withdraw from Bengal, but even withdraw from the Bihar region, using the Bihar region as a demilitarized buffer zone between the Mughal Empire and the Kingdom of Bengal, and guaranteeing no more attacks on Bangladesh.
Any form of aggression.
Regarding the request made by the Southern Xinjiang Army, the Mughal Empire envoy said that although His Majesty Padishah has full sincerity in conducting peace negotiations with the Southern Xinjiang Army, he cannot make decisions on his behalf for "such shocking terms" and needs to seek instructions.
Only His Majesty Padishah can reply.
The three main conditions proposed by the Southern Xinjiang Army, except for the first one, the last two are obviously asking for high prices, so the negotiation process will naturally not be smooth. Not only can the two sides not reach an agreement at all on the last two,
There are also differences on many details.
Generally speaking, the Southern Xinjiang Army insisted on its position, while the Mughal Empire envoy kept emphasizing the difficulties of His Majesty Padishah and tried to lower the demands of the Southern Xinjiang Army. At the same time, he also kept emphasizing that although the Mughal Empire was temporarily prosperous,
Not taking action does not mean lack of strength. If the Southern Xinjiang Army cannot retreat now, after the empire resolves its internal conflicts, the two sides will inevitably start war again, which will not be a good thing for both sides.
This is indeed true. Liu Xin and Gao Yuan both agreed with this statement in their hearts. In the end, after many rounds of negotiations, the two sides reached a provisional agreement:
The Mughal Empire recognized a series of treaties signed between the Jinghua Group and the Kingdom of Bengal, but reserved the right to punish the Kingdom of Bengal for betraying the empire;
The Mughal Empire should compensate the Southern Xinjiang Army for part of its losses. The specific amount will be confirmed by further negotiation between the two parties, but the total should not exceed four million taels of silver or equivalent gold (gold is abundant in India);
The Mughal Empire troops withdrew from the territory of the Kingdom of Bengal and did not station troops within 100 miles of the eastern Bihar region and the western border of the Kingdom of Bengal. However, they retained the original suzerainty of the tribes in the neighboring princely states in eastern India, and the southern border
The army cannot invade these feudal states and tribes.
Although this temporary agreement is not the original idea of the Southern Xinjiang Army, it can be regarded as a relatively satisfactory result, especially considering that the Mughal Empire really agreed to pay compensation - and the amount of compensation was quite large, reaching four million taels.
Baiyin, so Liu Xin and Gao Yuan did not dare not to take this agreement seriously, and decided to report it to Gao Pangshi to see if he planned to accept the peace treaty, or still regarded the peace treaty as just some kind of delay, and then
We will continue to wage war.
Of course, everyone knows very well that even if the Mughal Empire fulfills the compensation agreement, it will only be a temporary compromise, and they will definitely make a comeback in the future.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In order to deal with the potential threat from the Mughal Empire, the Southern Xinjiang Army decided to take the following measures: accelerate the training of the Dhaka garrison, complete the establishment of the three towns as soon as possible, and improve its combat effectiveness
; Strengthen the economic construction of Bangladesh, develop agriculture and commerce, and improve the living standards of local people
, consolidate the people's hearts - but let's forget about industry first; strengthen cooperation with surrounding princely states and tribes, and strive to dig into the corners of the Mughal Empire - in the treaty, Beijing only agreed not to invade these princely states and tribes, but did not say no
Winning them to rebel against the Mughal Empire. This kind of loophole can be exploited, after all, politics can never be too shameful.
While the Southern Xinjiang Army was negotiating with the Mughal Empire, highly pragmatic reinforcements also arrived in Bangladesh. The Southern Xinjiang Army finally reversed its strength disadvantage in Bangladesh. On the contrary, as the Mughal Empire's army gradually withdrew westward, the Southern Xinjiang Army gradually retreated westward.
On the contrary, Xinjiang has a military advantage and is gradually expanding, making full preparations for possible wars in the future.
Although Jahangir temporarily withdrew from the Bangladesh war, his hatred for the southern Xinjiang army did not dissipate. He believed that,
After he puts down the Mewar rebellion, one day he will return to Bengal again and regain the land belonging to the Mughal Empire.
In this way, a Battle of Bengal that broke out suddenly and ended even more suddenly came to an end temporarily, but the struggle between the Southern Xinjiang Army and the Mughal Empire has obviously just begun...
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